pampinus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Pokorny suggests a derivation from a Proto-Indo-European root common with Lithuanian pampti (“to swell up”), Lithuanian pùmpa (“knob”) and Latvian pumpe (“bump”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpam.pi.nus/, [ˈpämpɪnʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpam.pi.nus/, [ˈpämpinus]

Noun edit

pampinus m or f (genitive pampinī); second declension

foliage of a vine, vine-shoot, vine leaf
(by extension, of any plant) tendril; shoot

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pampinus	pampinī
Genitive	pampinī	pampinōrum
Dative	pampinō	pampinīs
Accusative	pampinum	pampinōs
Ablative	pampinō	pampinīs
Vocative	pampine	pampinī

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Catalan: pàmpol
French: pampre
Galician: pampo
Italian: pampino
Portuguese: pâmpano
Sicilian: pàmpina
Spanish: pámpano

References edit

“pampinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“pampinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pampinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “baˣmb-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 94-95

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